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Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 4th Edition Ricci Kyle Carman Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health Care
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1 The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among
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. industrialized nations for infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assi
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st in decreasing these rates, which factor would most likely need to be
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addressed as having the greatest impact?
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A Resolving all language and cultural differences
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B Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
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C Providing more extensive womens shelters
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D Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet
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2 When integrating the principles of family-
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. centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
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B Families are unable to make informed choices
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C Childbirth results in changes in relationships
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D Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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3 When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-
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. time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review how maternity care has chang
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ed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when discussi
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ng events of the
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D Creation of free-standing birth centers
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4 After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the
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. instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identi
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f y which condition as a leading cause?
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A Hemorrhage
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D Infection
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5 The nurse is working with a group of community healt
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plan to address the special health needs of women. Which
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c onditions would the group address as the major proble
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A Smoking
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B Heart disease
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D Cancer
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6 When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would co
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. ns ider which factor to be most important?
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A Language
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B Health care workers attitudes
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C Transportation
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D Finances
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7 After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent.
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nd ing of a violation of informed consent?
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A Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
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B Serving as a witness to the signature process
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C Asking whether the client understands what she is signing
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D Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
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